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v. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

think, guess, imagine, reckon

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

conjecture, speculate, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

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surmise, suspect

v. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

guess, infer

v. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

judge, pass judgment on, form an opinion of

v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

gather, understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

propose, advise, suggest

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

venture

v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

think, guess, suppose, imagine, reckon

v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

postulate, posit, take as a given, assume as an axiom

v. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"

figure, estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

promise, anticipate, prognosticate, foretell, predict, forebode

v. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

speculate, indulge in speculations

v. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

surmise, suspect

v. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

say, suppose

v. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

bet, wager

v. maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"

venture, hazard, guess

v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

adventure, risk, chance, gamble, hazard, take chances, run a risk, take a chance

v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

risk, expose to danger, put on the line, lay on the line

v. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

peril, compromise, scupper, expose, queer, endanger

v. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

propose, advise, suggest

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

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acknowledge, recognize, know

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

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